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Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Job Summary:

The ICD Wear & Maintenance – Undercarriage Engineering team is seeking a **Design Engineer** to support undercarriage components for undercarriage components across EM and HEX product families. The team owns design control for moving undercarriage components roller, Idlers and Track Group, link assemblies, and related structures.

This position will focus first and foremost on product design, manufacturing and process quality with a zero-defect mindset while also trying to hit the program timeline and cost goals.

What You Will Do:

The Design Engineer will need strong communication skills and great interpersonal skills to interact with other engineering teams, the platform team, purchasing teams, and manufacturing teams. Job duties include but are not limited to:

+ Develop design concepts and drawings of complex structural systems that meet functional and technical requirements, cost and weight goals, quality initiatives, and manufacturing process requirements.

+ Support validation activities such as test and field trials.

+ Lead component NPI, CPI and support APQP activities.

+ Collaborate with external suppliers and internal manufacturing facilities, engineering partners, and the core Product Group.

Education requirement:

Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum.

What skills you will have:

**Product Design and Development** :

+ Applies **Creo Parametric** , **Creo Simulate** , and **Structural Stress** to design and validate components for durability and compliance with Caterpillar standards.

+ Leads proof-of-concept development using rapid prototyping tools and digital mockups, integrating feedback from **DFMEA** and **Design Reviews** .

+ Applies strategic input on complex design challenges by reviewing **Tolerance Stack-up Analysis** .

+ Ensures product quality through integration of **Six Sigma** methodologies and **Design Verification Plans (DVP&R)** .

Product Design - MFG:

+ Knowledge collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for ease of manufacturability focusing on **Team Feasibility Commitments** .

+ Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, production, and quality assurance, to align design objectives with manufacturing capabilities using **APQP** methodology

Technical Excellence:

+ Provides expert assessment on structural analysis and design using **Finite Element Analysis (FEA)** tools such as **Creo Simulate** and **Structural Stress** to ensure robust technical solutions.

+ Collaborates with cross-functional SMEsfor design validation and issue resolution, ensuring alignment with Caterpillar’s engineering standards.

+ Assume accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Effective Communication:

+ Adapt documents and presentations for the intended audience using structured reporting tools and **SharePoint** .

+ Demonstrate both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

+ Communicate well downward, upward, and outward.

+ Employ appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

The Top Candidates will also have:

+ Undercarriage product knowledge.

+ Previous knowledge designing wear components.

+ Previous knowledge of casting, forging and heat treatment.

+ Previous knowledge in NPI and CPI programs.

+ Knowledge collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability.

+ Knowledge with Caterpillar Engineering Systems (Creo, Teamcenter, HVC, EDS, etc.).

+ A self-starter, accountable, quality focused, and customer driven with strong teamwork and organizational skills.

Additional Information:

This position requires the candidate **to work onsite five days a week at the Peoria, IL office.**

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

This position may require up to 10% travel.

What you will get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

+ Competitive Base Salary

+ Annual incentive bonus plan*

+ Medical, dental, and vision coverage

+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

+ 401k savings plan

+ Health savings account (HSA)

+ Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

+ Short and long-term disability coverage

+ Life Insurance

+ Paid parental leave

+ Healthy Lifestyle Programs

+ Employee Assistance Programs

+ Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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Summary Pay Range:

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

+ Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

+ 401(k) savings plans*

+ Health Savings Account (HSA)*

+ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

+ Health Lifestyle Programs*

+ Employee Assistance Program*

+ Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

+ Career Development*

+ Incentive bonus*

+ Disability benefits

+ Life Insurance

+ Parental leave

+ Adoption benefits

+ Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

January 7, 2026 - January 15, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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